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GIRTING
Definition of GIRTING
verb
present participle and gerund of girt
noun
A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.
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Word DNA
GIRTING inherits its ancestry from its root, GIRT.
How it is built
Same root, GIRT · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GIRTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GIRTING starts with G and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GGIINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G and I appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found GIRTING?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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